United Nations ECE/TRANS/SC.

3/2010/6
Economic and Social Council Distr.: General
4 August 2010

Original: English/French/Russian

Economic Commission for Europe

Inland Transport Committee
Working Party on Inland Water Transport
Fifty-fourth session
Geneva, 13–15 October 2010
Item 6 (a) of the provisional agenda
Standardization of technical and safety requirements in inland navigation

European Code for Inland Waterways (Resolution No. 24)

Amendments to the European Code for Inland Waterways

Note by the secretariat

I. Introduction
1. At its fifty-third session, the Working Party on Inland Water Transport decided to
transform its informal working group on the European Code for Inland Waterways
(CEVNI) into a “CEVNI expert group”, in charge of monitoring the implementation of the
new CEVNI by Governments and River Commissions and examining future amendment
proposals to CEVNI. The CEVNI expert group was expected to meet back-to-back with the
Working Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements in Inland
Navigation (SC.3/WP.3) sessions (ECE/TRANS/SC.3/183, para.13).
2. The CEVNI expert group met twice in 2010, back-to-back with the SC.3/WP.3
thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh session and prepared a list of further amendments to the
fourth revised edition of CEVNI. This list, approved by the SC.3/WP.3 thirty-seventh
session (ECE/TRANS/SC.3/WP.3/74, para. 12), is presented in section II. The expert group
and the secretariat have also identified a number of misprints in the fourth revision of
CEVNI (ECE/TRANS/SC.3/115/Rev.4). They are presented in section III.
3. The Working Party may wish to approve the proposed amendments as pending
amendments to CEVNI, to be formally adopted at the next substantial revision of the code.
The Working Party may also wish to instruct the secretariat to issue a corrigendum to
ECE/TRANS/SC.3/115/Rev.4.

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II. Proposed amendments to the European Code for Inland

Waterways
4. Amendment to the text of Resolution No. 24
a) Update the text of the 1985 Resolution No. 24 reproduced in
ECE/TRANS/SC.3/115/Rev.4 and issue a new number to the resolution during the next
revision.
5. Amendment to Chapter 1
a) Add a new definition 14 bis to para. d) of Article 1.01 reading: On canals,
lakes and broad waterways the competent authorities shall decide on the matter in light of
local conditions. However, it is recommended that for canals the terms “right” and “left”
should be defined as meaning to the right and to the left respectively of an observer facing
the direction in which the numbers indicated on successive kilometer markings increase.
b) Add a new definition 14 ter to para. d) of Article 1.01 reading: The
designations “right-hand side” and “left-hand side” of the waterway or fairway are
understood to be for an observer facing downstream. On canals, lakes and broad
waterways, the terms “right-hand side” and “left-hand side” shall be defined by the
competent authorities.
6. Amendments to Chapter 4
a) In the reference to annex 10 of para. 1 (a) of Article 4.06 for in annex 10
substitute in Part III of Appendix 7 to the annex of Resolution No. 61 “Recommendations
on Harmonized Europe-Wide Technical Requirements for Inland Navigation Vessels”.
7. Amendment to Annex 6
a) Add “and Belarus” at the end of a footnote to a sound signal “Do not
approach” in Section A.
8. Amendment to Annex 3
a) Supplement signs 66 “Boarding prohibited” and 67 “Prohibition to smoke or
use an unprotected light or flame” with the following sketches 1 and 2 from Appendix 3 of
Resolution No. 61 “Recommendations on Harmonized Europe-Wide Technical
Requirements for Inland Navigation Vessels”, respectively, thus providing for a possible
alternative marking.

Sketch 1
No access for
unauthorized
persons
Colours: red/white/black

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Sketch 2
No naked lights or
fires and no smoking
Colours: red/white/black

9. Amendment to Annex 7
a) Add the following sign under “Informative signs and marking”:
E.25 Electrical power supply available

b) Add the following sign under “Informative signs and marking”:

E.26 Winter harbour

c) Add the following sign under “Informative signs and marking”:

E.26.1 Maximum number of vessels permitted to berth in
winter harbour

d) Add the following sign under “Informative signs and marking”:

E.27 Winter shelter

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e) Add the following sign under “Informative signs and marking”:

E.27.1 Maximum number of vessels permitted to berth in
winter shelter
Maximum number of vessels permitted to berth
abreast
Maximum number of rows of vessels which are
berthed abreast

III. List of misprints in document ECE/TRANS/SC.3/115/Rev.4

10. Article 1.01 paragraph d) 14 (French only)
For the existing text substitute
L’expression «rives gauche et droite» désigne les côtés de la voie navigable dans la
direction de la source vers l'embouchure.
11. Article 1.20, paragraph 2 (d) (French only)
For état d’intoxication read état de fatigue ou d’intoxication.
12. Article 2.01 (French only)
At the end of the title insert et des navires de mer
13. Article 2.05, paragraph 1, last sentence (French only)
For marques primitives read marques d’origine.
14. Article 3.14, paragraph 6 (French only)
For paragraphes 2 et 3 read paragraphes 1, 2 et 3
15. Article 3.21 (English only)
In the title delete stationary
16. Article 4.06, paragraph 1 (French only)
After radar delete ni
After intérieur insert adapté aux besoins de la navigation intérieure
17. Article 6.07, paragraph 1 (c) (i) (French only)
After convoys insert montant
18. Article 6.16, paragraph 2 (French only)
For les bateaux qui effectuent une des manœuvres visées au paragraphe 1 ci-dessus
doivent, si la manœuvre envisagée peut ou doit obliger d'autres bateaux à
l’exception des bacs read les bateaux à l’exception des bacs qui effectuent une des
manœuvres visées au paragraphe 1 ci-dessus doivent, si la manœuvre envisagée peut
ou doit obliger d'autres bateaux
19. Article 9.04, paragraph 6
Delete para. 1
For red lights instead of blue lights read red lights (or cones) instead of blue lights
(or cones)

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20. Article 9.05, paragraph 1

For article 4.01 read article 4.05
21. Article 9.07 paragraph 9 (French only)
In the title delete et des barrages
22. Article 9.07, paragraph 12 (English only)
For visibility of less than 1 km read reduced visibility
23. Article 9.07, paragraph 12 (Russian only)
Delete менее 1 км
24. Article 9.07, paragraph 13 (French only)
For existing text substitute
S’agissant de l’article 6.32, les autorités compétentes peuvent
a) dispenser de la prescription relative à l’émission du signal sonor tritonal ou
ne l’appliquer que sur certaines voies navigables
b) prescrire des règles supplémentaires pour les bateaux naviguant au radar
25. Article 9.09 (Russian only)
For органы потребовать read органы могут потребовать
26. Annex 8, paragraph 2 (Russian only)
For лицом по течению read лицом вниз по течению